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You are here: Home / Entertainment / Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson – Book Review

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson – Book Review

26 October 2025 by Dee Young Leave a Comment

Not Quite Dead Yet book cover
Image Credit: Penguin Australia

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson – Jet is twenty-seven years old and still living with her parents! Having never left Woodstock, Vermont, she’s still waiting for her life to begin. I’ll do it later, she always says. She has plenty of time!

Until, on the night of Halloween, Jet is violently attacked by an unseen intruder, who inflicts a catastrophic brain injury. The doctor predicts that within a week, she’ll be killed by a severe aneurysm.

Jet has never thought of herself as having enemies. Now, however, she sees everyone in a new light, including her family, her ex-best friend/sister-in-law, and her former boyfriend.

She has just seven days, and, as her condition deteriorates she has only her faithful, childhood friend, Billy, for help. Nevertheless, Jet is absolutely determined to finish something at last!

Jet is going to solve her own murder!

For a first adult thriller, this novel is a real corker and has all the attributes to keep the reader enthralled throughout. With death snapping at her heels, will Jet live to uncover her nemesis? A definite must read!

ISBN: 9780241753699

Not Quite Dead Yet is available in hardback, paperback, e-book and audiobook formats.

About Holly Jackson

About the Author – Holly Jackson is a British author best known for her young adult (YA) mystery thrillers, including the #1 New York Times bestselling series A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. She grew up in Buckinghamshire, started writing novels at age 15, and now lives in London. Jackson holds a master’s degree in English from the University of Nottingham and approaches her writing like screenwriting, meticulously planning plots with index cards. Not Quite Dead Yet is her first adult thriller.

Filed Under: Books, Entertainment Tagged With: book, fiction, review, thriller

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